Your big name movie in mid-April, and a relatively unknown out in August?
May-July are the really big months of the Summer movie season, why completely avoid it??
If anything makes me think they don't have a ton of confidence in some of their films, it's that

I just think they're moving them away from some other big name films. In May, there's Amazing Spider-Man 2 and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, which may be why CA: TWS is releasing before them. Late June has Transformers 4 and mid-July has X-Men: Days of Future Past so I'm thinking that's why Guardians of the Galaxy is dropping in August.

I just think they're moving them away from some other big name films. In May, there's Amazing Spider-Man 2 and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, which may be why CA: TWS is releasing before them. Late June has Transformers 4 and mid-July has X-Men: Days of Future Past so I'm thinking that's why Guardians of the Galaxy is dropping in August.

I'd be willing to bet it has more to do with Disney's release schedule than with yielding to the "competition."

In 2014, Disney's got the choice-cut real estate for May/Memorial Day with The Good Dinosaur; Maleficent for 4th of July weekend; and Tomorrowland for Christmas holiday. There's similar situations in Disney/Pixar's lineups vs. Marvel Studios' lineups in 2013 and 2015. Disney movies are higher in the pecking order than Marvel movies.

I'd be willing to bet it has more to do with Disney's release schedule than with yielding to the "competition."

In 2014, Disney's got the choice-cut real estate for May/Memorial Day with The Good Dinosaur; Maleficent for 4th of July weekend; and Tomorrowland for Christmas holiday. There's similar situations in Disney/Pixar's lineups vs. Marvel Studios' lineups in 2013 and 2015. Disney movies are higher in the pecking order than Marvel movies.

I do kind of think that those Disney movies are pushing the Marvel movies out of the prime slots. Disney knows they can probably get away with putting certain Marvel properties in non-traditional blockbuster slots but can't with their original, non-franchise films.

I do kind of think that those Disney movies are pushing the Marvel movies out of the prime slots. Disney knows they can probably get away with putting certain Marvel properties in non-traditional blockbuster slots but can't with their original, non-franchise films.

When they start adding Star Wars movies to the mix that might make it even more interesting

i hope filming starts soon. Then the film can come out by next summer. I wonder will the film bother with fleshing out Cap's assimilation into 21st century life.. it was taken rather matter of factly in Avengers.

i hope filming starts soon. Then the film can come out by next summer. I wonder will the film bother with fleshing out Cap's assimilation into 21st century life.. it was taken rather matter of factly in Avengers.

CA: TWS comes out on April 4, 2013. If they're starting filming next month they'll be right on schedule. IM3 began filming in May 2012 and will be out at the end of April, so Marvel seems to allot about a year from the start of principal photography to the premiere of a film.

Steve's assimilation into this century wasn't taken for granted at all in The Avengers, at least in my opinion. The film didn't focus on it as much as Whedon originally planned, but Steve's unfamiliarity with technology and current terminology was shown in subtle ways. Had they left the deleted scenes with Steve in New York in the film his plight as a melancholy man out of time would have been clearer.

The movie does establish that Steve is having trouble, but doesn't really go into dealing with that. In the beginning, he's sad, but he has an adventure with the Avengers and he's happy.

It wasn't quite glossing over, but only not quite.

I hope they make a proper go of it this time. Show Steve confronting a degree of societal changes. To the world, America is perceived differently now than it used to be, and within the US, the perception of the armed forces has also changed, and that's the kind of stuff (perhaps not specifically) that I'd like to see. Not jokes about how Steve doesn't know what palates are.

Avengers had a ton of stuff to focus on, so it makes sense not to dwell too much into Steve's sturggling with today's world especially when he has his sequel(s) to develop that further. I think it was handled well in Avengers. They didn't ignore it, but at the same time, they didn't let it become Captain America and His Amazing Friends. I'm okay with this.

Avengers had a ton of stuff to focus on, so it makes sense not to dwell too much into Steve's sturggling with today's world especially when he has his sequel(s) to develop that further. I think it was handled well in Avengers. They didn't ignore it, but at the same time, they didn't let it become Captain America and His Amazing Friends. I'm okay with this.

I don't think if we actually had a little more focus on Cap assimilating that it would have turned into Captain America and His Amazing Friends.

At least Cap assimilating is something we haven't seen yet. The movie Iron Man showed Tony willing to put himself on the line, and Iron Man 2 was all about him learning to play with others. Yet Whedon felt the urge to retread.

But whatever. It happened. Now for Captain America 2, I'd hope they actually make Cap assimilating a narrative priority.

He is just going all-out for this role. Previous tweets have him doing power lifting, boxing, Jui Jitsu, 5k runs, and knife training. Plus, it looks like his sons are hooked on Captain America as well.

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frank grillo ‏@FrankGrillo
Took my boys to comic book store. My son said daddy can I have Captain America. He's the best superhero. Poor kid. #scaredforlife

I hope steve gets a cool motorbike to drive.
I wonder if they'll address his economic circumstances. Is he still considered active Army (lots of back pay while on ice)? SHIELD agent? Independent consultant like Stark? Hmm..

I hope steve gets a cool motorbike to drive.
I wonder if they'll address his economic circumstances. Is he still considered active Army (lots of back pay while on ice)? SHIELD agent? Independent consultant like Stark? Hmm..

I hope steve gets a cool motorbike to drive.
I wonder if they'll address his economic circumstances. Is he still considered active Army (lots of back pay while on ice)? SHIELD agent? Independent consultant like Stark? Hmm..

I'd think at least an honorary rank from the Army would be in order, even if Steve's not put back on active duty. His skillset may be outdated at 70 years old, but he's got a ton of real combat experience, in a war far bigger than anything going on in this century. The army would still want to use him for expertise in small unit tactics, for sure.